Board logo

... And the worst spelling in an eBay..
woodster - 21/4/12 at 09:58 PM

Advert goes to this little gem ... It's a shame really the cars quite nice ....NTDWM

FIAT 500F CLASSIC | eBay

Peteff - 21/4/12 at 10:09 PM

And it's a diesel, lovely little car though. I did some welding on one for a neighbour back in the 80s to save it from the scrapyard and you wouldn't even think of scrapping one now.

slingshot2000 - 21/4/12 at 10:12 PM

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do not let this guy decide to build a Locost. If he started regularly posting on here it would drive me round the bend ! ( and one or two others, I suspect !).
PLEASE!

Kind regards

Jon

daniel mason - 21/4/12 at 10:16 PM

i get the impression hes not english, but could be wrong.

austin man - 21/4/12 at 10:17 PM

I wouldn't trust the build quality at all can't spell check can you imagine how bad he is with a spanner

woodster - 21/4/12 at 10:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do not let this guy decide to build a Locost. If he started regularly posting on here it would drive me round the bend ! ( and one or two others, I suspect !).
PLEASE!

Kind regards

Jon



If he did he'd spell it lowkost !!!

slingshot2000 - 21/4/12 at 10:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by woodster
quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do not let this guy decide to build a Locost. If he started regularly posting on here it would drive me round the bend ! ( and one or two others, I suspect !).
PLEASE!

Kind regards

Jon



If he did he'd spell it lowkost !!!


Now I have vodka and lemonade all over my keyboard !

Simon - 21/4/12 at 11:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
And it's a diesel,.


With HT leads, plugs and a coil

Only 25 odd bhp with petrol, hate to think what hp would come out if fiat did a 500cc diesel

I had a "proper" 500 for my first road legal car when I was 17 - painted it black with flames down the side!

ATB

Simon

[Edited on 21/4/12 by Simon]

jossey - 22/4/12 at 07:04 AM

Eye luv the spelin I doont ce wats rong wiv it.

mangogrooveworkshop - 22/4/12 at 08:07 AM

quote:
Originally posted by austin man
I wouldn't trust the build quality at all can't spell check can you imagine how bad he is with a spanner

I beg to differ from your opinion by quite a lot.
I know a few people that are trades persons macs joiners and an electrician who suffer dyslexia quite severely.
In fact that eBay add gets up my nose more than most...
And to exclude him from building a lowkost jibe....

Well I suffered till I found a teacher and the tech available made it a lot easier.
Don't think you would think of excluding me would you.
People who sit in offices write about people who do the job.

I couldn't write for poo but my designs and skills wipe the floor of many grads.
Took me a bit longer to crunch the paper parts but I got there.
Age 7 I could wire a house age 8 to 9 I could use a skill saw table saw and bandsaw. @ 11 I was taught stick welding
@ 6 I was taught to drive a manual beetle.
It took 20 years before I got certificates when I found a Teacher who gave a real lesson.
I would buy that car because reading between the lines that is his masterpiece.
He can swing spanners and weld but the man can't write. I know what he means.
Been there myself.
Plenty of office types as for help here and we don't make fun of the clueless spanner office men.
We help them !!!
All that guy needs is a little more coaching and a tattoo with f7 on his finger.
Now am I excluded!!!!

Peteff - 22/4/12 at 08:40 AM

A son of a friend of mine who had a lorry repair yard had difficulty spelling his own name the same way twice in a row but he has been successfully welding and building engines and gearboxes since he was 12. As I said, it's a lovely car and surely if you were thinking of buying it you'd go and see it in the flesh before forming an opinion on the quality. I think the little diesel engines used in Aixam cars would go well with the 500 but it would be sacrilege to change one.

Humbug - 22/4/12 at 08:51 AM

Looks like a nice car... and at last he spelled Fiat right

I agree about the (lack of) power though. Probably 0-60mph - never!

iank - 22/4/12 at 10:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
quote:
Originally posted by austin man
I wouldn't trust the build quality at all can't spell check can you imagine how bad he is with a spanner

I beg to differ from your opinion by quite a lot.
I know a few people that are trades persons macs joiners and an electrician who suffer dyslexia quite severely.
In fact that eBay add gets up my nose more than most...
And to exclude him from building a lowkost jibe....

Well I suffered till I found a teacher and the tech available made it a lot easier.
Don't think you would think of excluding me would you.
People who sit in offices write about people who do the job.

I couldn't write for poo but my designs and skills wipe the floor of many grads.
Took me a bit longer to crunch the paper parts but I got there.
Age 7 I could wire a house age 8 to 9 I could use a skill saw table saw and bandsaw. @ 11 I was taught stick welding
@ 6 I was taught to drive a manual beetle.
It took 20 years before I got certificates when I found a Teacher who gave a real lesson.
I would buy that car because reading between the lines that is his masterpiece.
He can swing spanners and weld but the man can't write. I know what he means.
Been there myself.
Plenty of office types as for help here and we don't make fun of the clueless spanner office men.
We help them !!!
All that guy needs is a little more coaching and a tattoo with f7 on his finger.
Now am I excluded!!!!


+1, and even so I've seen much worse English in an ebay ad.

jacko - 22/4/12 at 01:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
quote:
Originally posted by austin man
I wouldn't trust the build quality at all can't spell check can you imagine how bad he is with a spanner

I beg to differ from your opinion by quite a lot.
I know a few people that are trades persons macs joiners and an electrician who suffer dyslexia quite severely.
In fact that eBay add gets up my nose more than most...
And to exclude him from building a lowkost jibe....

Well I suffered till I found a teacher and the tech available made it a lot easier.
Don't think you would think of excluding me would you.
People who sit in offices write about people who do the job.

I couldn't write for poo but my designs and skills wipe the floor of many grads.
Took me a bit longer to crunch the paper parts but I got there.
Age 7 I could wire a house age 8 to 9 I could use a skill saw table saw and bandsaw. @ 11 I was taught stick welding
@ 6 I was taught to drive a manual beetle.
It took 20 years before I got certificates when I found a Teacher who gave a real lesson.
I would buy that car because reading between the lines that is his masterpiece.
He can swing spanners and weld but the man can't write. I know what he means.
Been there myself.
Plenty of office types as for help here and we don't make fun of the clueless spanner office men.
We help them !!!
All that guy needs is a little more coaching and a tattoo with f7 on his finger.
Now am I excluded!!!!


+1, and even so I've seen much worse English in an ebay ad.


+2